Fig. 1b.

Subcortical connectivity of auditory cortical regions. The effective connectivity of auditory cortex regions in the left hemisphere. The connectivity is read from column to row. L = left; R = right; CM = central median nucleus of the thalamus; L-sg = Limitans Suprageniculate of the thalamus; MGN = medial geniculate nucleus; pf = Parafascicular nucleus of the thalamus; PuA = Pulvinar anterior; PuI = Pulvinar inferior; PuL = Pulvinar lateral; VPL = ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus; Amyg = amygdala. The abbreviations for the cortical regions (the rows) are in Supplementary Table S1, and the abbreviations for the subcortical regions are in Supplementary Table S2. The regions above the upper red line are in the HCP-MMP “early auditory” division; between the two red lines are in the “auditory association” division; and below the lower red line are for the cortex in and related to the superior temporal sulcus (STS). This analysis was performed using the subcortical regions defined in the HCPex atlas (Huang et al. 2022).